Adam Kay
@amateuradam.bsky.social
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BAFTA for best writer lol.
BBC ONE! TODAY! 11:35! Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor. Starring a brilliant cast of kids and adults, including Peter Serafinowicz, Sue Johnston, Jameela Jamil, Mike Wozniak, Gemma Whelan.
2 days ago
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QUITE SPECIFIC PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. If you need a last-minute Christmas present for someone in Ireland, you can book them tickets to see my tour in Jan/Feb. Tickets from
adamkay.co.uk
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We are extremely fair weather Chanukah observers, but it felt like the right year to dust down our menorah and light it with the kids. The festival of light, symbolising hope, at a time where hope feels more important than ever.
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Got to buy someone a Secret Santa and the price limit is ÂŁ7? Want to buy someone a gift and appear much more generous than you are? Well, Amazon have got some kind of deal on A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE where it's only ÂŁ6.75 for a limited time
www.amazon.co.uk/Particularly...
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2025 is 93% complete so you only have 7% of the year left to get A Particularly Nasty Case
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26 days ago
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DEXTER PROCTER: THE 10-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR is out now on iPlayer and will be on BBC One on 28th December if you prefer to watch on Cathode Ray Tube.
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Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor coming to iPlayer on Monday, then CBBC and BBC One over Christmas. AND LOOK AT THAT CAST!
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about 1 month ago
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American ebook fans, have I got a deal for you.
about 1 month ago
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PUBIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be performing at the new
@sohotheatre.bsky.social
in Walthamstow this Friday and Saturday. There are a handful of tickets left, depending on how big your hands are.
sohotheatre.com/events/adam-...
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Adam Kay: UNDOCTORED - Soho Theatre
The nation's twelfth-favourite doctor brings his brand new show on to Soho Theatre Walthamstow, fresh from a record-breaking run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out season in the West End
https://sohotheatre.com/events/adam-kay-undoctored/#performances
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CAN YOU STOP SAYING "I AM AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL" YOU CAN'T GO FROM BEING A TRAITOR TO A FAITHFUL SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST SAY "I AM A FAITHFUL" THAT'S ALL THANKS
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A NEW BOOK! A delicious new side-dish to the main course that was KAY'S ANATOMY, for readers 7-12 ish. The Poo-Tastic Puzzle Book would make an ideal Xmas present if you ask me. (Although I am quite biased.)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/464258...
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about 2 months ago
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Anyone want to buy a couple of tiaras, couple of brooches, a few earrings and two necklaces? DM for details.
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If you haven't read A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE yet and (crucially) have a Kobo device, you can download it for just 99p for the next 48 hours in Kobo's confusingly named 'super daily deal'.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
3 months ago
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Some people are saying A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is the best EVER funny thriller set in a hospital starring a rheumatologist. If you want to assess this theory, there's a half price deal on now with a certain rainforest-themed online retailer.
www.amazon.co.uk/Particularly...
3 months ago
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Very sad to hear of the death of Brian Patten, the rockstar poet of my childhood. Gargling with Jelly was so subversive and funny. "I've never heard the Queen sneeze or seen her blow her nose, I've never seen her pick a spot or tread on someone's toes."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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Brian Patten obituary
One of the Liverpool poets, along with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who was a perceptive writer on love
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/30/brian-patten-obituary
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Incredible work from the
#LibrariesForPrimaries
team at The National Literacy Trust and Puffin/Penguin for making this happen: every state primary school in England will now have a library by 2029. I'm very proud to have played a tiny part in the campaign.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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IRISH TOUR! Basically, every time I've played Dublin or Belfast people have reminded me there are other places in Ireland/NI. So I'm taking THIS IS GOING TO HURT to 19 such theatres. (I'm aware you'll still tell me about places I've missed.)
adamkay.co.uk
for tickets.
3 months ago
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I’ve just heard that A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE (narrated by up-and-coming talent Andy Serkis) is Spotify editors’ pick of the month for September. Come October god knows what they’ll think of it.
3 months ago
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Thrilled to hear that A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is spending a third week in the Sunday Times top ten. Thanks to everyone who's bought the book and all the brilliant bookshops who've sold it, but especially to me for writing it.
3 months ago
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Enjoy my humour but think I spell humour with an unnecessary "u"? Great news, the US edition of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is out today.
3 months ago
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It is the honour of a lifetime to be offered the role of His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America, and I am delighted to accept.
4 months ago
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Thank you to whoever signed off on us using a minor swear word on our posters for A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE
4 months ago
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Q: What does A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE have in common with Lord of the Rings? A: Well, my one's obviously a much better book, but they both star the great ANDY SERKIS. Listen to a snippet of his fantastic audiobook narration here (seen with the smashing US cover)
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4 months ago
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What are you doing on Weds 17th? INCORRECT! You're coming to hear me talk to
@theguyliner.bsky.social
about his SENSATIONAL new novel. @WaterstonesTCR 7pm. Only ÂŁ7! What can you get for ÂŁ7? I paid more than that for a Cornish pasty at the station yesterday.
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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An evening with Justin Myers and Adam Kay at Waterstones TCR | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An evening with Justin Myers and Adam Kay at Waterstones TCR today.
https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-justin-myers-and-adam-kay-at-waterstones-tcr/london-tottenham-court-road
4 months ago
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Big love to the brilliant independent bookshops for all their support of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE and double love to everyone who buys local and supports them.
4 months ago
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COMPETITION! Order a copy of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE from
@bookshop.org
and you could win a year’s worth of some of my favourite crime and thriller reads, to fill up a particularly nasty bookcase (see what I did there?) Quick! Closes midnight tomorrow
uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-ad...
4 months ago
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Just had the rather fun news that A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE will debut in the Sunday Times bestseller list at #2, and is the fastest-selling crime book of the year so far. Thank you to everyone who has bought, sold or stolen a copy!
4 months ago
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Happy birthday to my latest, A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE, out today wherever you buy or steal books from.
4 months ago
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I'm going to be in Bloody Scotland on 14th September if anybody wants to attend a Stirling event.
bloodyscotland.com/event/a-part...
4 months ago
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I will be talking A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE tonight and tomorrow at the Edinburgh Fringe, in the poky little McEwan Hall at 7:20pm. Your first chance to get your foul hands on my lovely new book. Some tickets still left from
adamkay.co.uk
4 months ago
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I’ve just left a signed first edition of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE (out next week) in the charity bookshelf at Carlisle station.
4 months ago
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If you (or more likely your kid) was a fan of KAY'S ANATOMY, then you might like what me and Henry Paker have up our disgusting sleeves. A funny and revolting puzzle book, with hundreds of quizzes and codes. Out in October! Which is two months before Christmas!
4 months ago
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EXCITING (for me) NEWS
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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BBC Children’s and Education announce new adaptation of Dexter Procter: the 10-Year-Old Doctor
Written by BAFTA-winner Adam Kay, the new series is coming to iPlayer, CBBC and BBC One
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/new-adaptation-dexter-procter-the-ten-year-old-doctor-written-by-adam-kay
4 months ago
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Tomorrow I start my book tour of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE. Tomorrow's sold out, so don't come to that. So's the day after. And the day after that. But there are some left in Edinburgh and various other shows. Come along! Get the book before anyone else!
adamkay.co.uk
4 months ago
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A few people have been asking if there's an audiobook of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE. Good news: there is! Even better news: I don't read it! We've found a very talented up and coming actor called Andy Serkis to do it instead. Find it on Audible, Spotify etc
geni.us/Particularly...
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At bedtime I asked Ziggy (aged two and a half) "Do you want to hear a secret?" then whispered "I love you" into his ear. He then asked me if I wanted to hear a secret, and when I said yes, whispered "There's a spider in your ear" then stuck his finger inside my ear.
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My debut novel A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is published in two weeks today, and I'm hugely grateful that some brilliant people have been saying such nice things about it (and only a few have commented on how filthy it is). Do feel free to order it.
geni.us/Particularly...
5 months ago
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Here I am after signing 4,000 copies of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE on Friday.
5 months ago
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Thrilled to announce the brilliant guest hosts for my book tour of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE. Your attendance is required. Tickets from
adamkay.co.uk
5 months ago
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THANKS THE LITERARY REVIEW YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVOURITE (Out 28th August)
5 months ago
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It's fucking August again.
5 months ago
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I’m as sad as it’s possible to be about the death of a 97-year-old. Tom Lehrer was (to paraphrase the great man) my hero since childbirth, and revisiting his songbook on stage remains one of the highlights of my career. A unique polygenius. Rest In Poison.
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In celebration of Simon Gets Sneezed being published, here are ten types of snot.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452062...
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6 months ago
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My newest and snottiest book is out today! SIMON GETS SNEEZED by me and Henry Paker is a (hopefully) funny picture book for younger kids about all things mucus. Delicious! Head to your lovely local bookshop or the link below!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452062...
6 months ago
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Absolutely thrilled that the incredible
@andyserkis.bsky.social
is narrating the audio version of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE. Needless to say, he's done an amazing job. Out on August 28th wherever you get your audiobooks. (Probably Audible tbh.)
6 months ago
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Best question in the signing queue yesterday at Barnes Literary Festival from a girl of about ten. “Where are your shoes from? I hate them!”
6 months ago
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Should you be in possession of both an e-reader and a 7-12 year old, I can inform that for today only, DEXTER PROCTER THE 10-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR is only 99p on Amazon. That's only 33p per joke!
www.amazon.co.uk/Dexter-Proct...
7 months ago
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I've added some new dates to my mini-book tour of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE in Aug/Sept. Shows in Salford, Edinburgh, Bromley, Swindon, Bath, London, Portsmouth, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, Chelmsford, Newbury and Leicester.
adamkay.co.uk
7 months ago
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My newest child, DEXTER PROCTER: THE 10-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR, is out today in paperback, complete with brilliant illustrations by Henry Paker. I'm obviously biased, but I think it's a very funny book for the children in your lives 🩺
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458753...
7 months ago
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I'm always asked the next time me and Henry are doing kids' events. Well it's 3-4pm on Sunday 22nd June at
@barneskidslitfest.bsky.social
!
8 months ago
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